Teachers' Beliefs and Self-Reported Use of Inquiry in Science Education in Public Primary Schools

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1407-1423

  Lucero, Maria ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a   Schellens, Tammy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Developing world; Elementary education; Inquiry based teaching; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877307390     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2012.704430     Document Type: Article

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